Accused madam lives in Monroe; remains jailed on $2 M bail

Wednesday

Mar 7, 2012 at 2:00 AMMar 7, 2012 at 6:11 AM

MONROE — A media horde descended upon the secluded home of Anna Gristina Tuesday, thirsty for information about the Scottish-born mother of four who allegedly raked in millions as madam of a pricey brothel on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

BY CHRIS MCKENNA

MONROE — A media horde descended upon the secluded home of Anna Gristina Tuesday, thirsty for information about the Scottish-born mother of four who allegedly raked in millions as madam of a pricey brothel on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

But there was little to be found, other than a couple of pig stories.

"I don't think anybody knew who was living up there at all," said Michele Leiser, who has lived in a neighborhood across Lakes Road from the Gristina home since 1978.

Leiser and other residents came outside to see the television news trucks and reporters who came around after state troopers and the state Department of Environmental Conservation police shooed them off the property. No one knew anything about Gristina and her family, other than their visits to a nearby convenience store. Some said they rarely even saw cars come or go at the house.

While Gristina, 44, allegedly was operating a busy brothel on East 78th Street, a somewhat less lurid activity appears to have been taking place at 881 Lakes Road in Monroe. A flier taped to the door of the home lists daily hours for Nick's Pet Resort, a "200-acre luxury pet resort," while a sign on the approaching roadway warns of pot-bellied pigs. The Daily News reported Tuesday that Gristina kept a pen of pet pigs and that one of them chased an investigator who came to serve a warrant.

Ron Brooks can vouch for at least one swine.

He said he was walking his two dogs on the other side of Lakes Road last week when he saw a fat, jowly pig loitering in a neighbor's yard, oblivious to the cars whizzing past about six feet away. A loud truck noise startled the pig and sent it lumbering up the road to the Gristina house, Brooks said.

Gristina, who's charged with promoting prostitution, appeared briefly in court Tuesday, then returned to Riker's Island after a judge refused to lower her $2 million bail.

The Daily News identified her husband as Kelvin Corr, who lists the Monroe address for his real estate business and says on his Facebook page that he went to Livingston Manor High School in Sullivan County. He told the News that he and Gristina have been married for 10 years and that he was "heartbroken" by the charges.

"We are just a great family," he reportedly said as he left court Tuesday.

Gristina lives on a 12-acre parcel that has been owned by a limited liability corporation since 2000. Property records identify the managing member of that corporation as David Jaroslawicz, who is a partner in a Manhattan law firm and has owned a home next to Gristina's since 2006. Jaroslawicz couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday.